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An oily deception about the dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-06-21 17:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Chris Powell
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Connecticut
Saturday, June 20, 2008
http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2008/06/21/chris_powell/doc485c2...
U.S. government sued over seizure of Liberty Dollars
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-06-20 12:37 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Joseph Goldstein
New York Sun
Friday, June 20, 2008
http://www.nysun.com/national/government-is-sued-over-seizure-of-liberty...
The federal government's attempt to stop a group of gold-standard activists from minting an alternative to the greenback is about to face its first legal test.
Bear bailout shows Fed doesn't follow normal rules for its own books
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-06-18 11:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jonathan Weil
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_weil&sid...
The Federal Reserve is just days away from completing the financing for its bailout of Bear Stearns Cos., after which the central bank will have another big decision to make: how to account for it.
Loss of credibility by Fed, ECB will spark crash, bank's analyst warns
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-06-18 01:37 Section: Daily DispatchesRBS Issues Global Stock and Credit Crash Alert
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, June 17, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/18/cnrbs1...
Henry C.K. Liu: The Fed and the strong-dollar policy
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-06-18 01:28 Section: Daily Dispatches11:19p MT Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bank of England copies 'inflation will be temporary' pose
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-06-18 00:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBank of England Signals that Rates Will Be at 5% for Some Time
By Edmund Conway
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/17/bcnrat...
'Catastrophic' event feared as Fed fights ECB on rates
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-06-16 18:22 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Monday, June 16,2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/16/bcnecb...
Bernanke said to worry more about recession than inflation
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-06-16 18:12 Section: Daily DispatchesThe Fed's Rate Dilemma
By Robert Novak
Washington Post
Monday, June 16, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/15/AR200806...
Speculation that the Federal Reserve is about to begin inflation-fighting interest rate increases appears to be dead wrong.
Ted Butler: A hidden silver default?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-06-16 17:20 Section: Daily Dispatches2:15p PT Monday, June 16, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Iran reported to withdraw $75 billion from Europe
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-06-16 13:58 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Parisa Hafezi
Reuters
Monday, June 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSDAH63104320080616
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has withdrawn around $75 billion from Europe to prevent the assets from being blocked under threatened new sanctions over Tehran's disputed nuclear ambitions, an Iranian weekly said.